Scandinavian Defense

What's the best line of the Scandinavian and why?

Thank You

Originally posted by beebejoe
What's the best line of the Scandinavian and why?

Thank You

Originally posted by beebejoe
What's the best line of the Scandinavian and why?

Thank You

Originally posted by wormwood
the one that feels most natural to you. why? because you perform best in the type of positions that are most familiar to you.

What Robbie said, plus you have the option of using many sound and dangerous gambits.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
what are you doing up! go to sleep man!

Originally posted by beebejoe
What's the best line of the Scandinavian and why?

Thank You

GM danielsen also has a bunch of scandinavian blitz games on his website, commented in realtime by himself. just click on the 'live blitz games' link.

http://www.videochess.net/


here are also some really old notes by me, so you can at least find out which of the games are scandinavians. don't mind my notes too much, they weren't supposed to be accurate or anything, just a shorthand list I made on the first pass through to remember which game was which when I'm looking for a specific one.

#1 Scandinavian Defence, 3.Nf3 Bg4 pin

#2 Scandinavian

#3 Polar Bear, ...Bg4xNf3, Q vs 2 rooks timeout

#4 Anti-dutch 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5

#5 Polar Bear win a pawn and simplify

#6 Scandinavian 3.d4 Nc6

#7 Polar Bear with Bb2 fianchetto (reti) drawn blocked position

#8 Leningrad "d6 before g6 or he'll move h4"
#9 Polar Bear 3...Bg4

#10 Leningrad

#11 Polar Bear, mainline 8...a6 against 2500

#12 Scandinavian, saccing a bishop after Bg4

#13 Polar Bear 1...c5 closed sicilian against 2660, timeout

#14 Caro-Kann

#15 Caro-Kann

#16 Polar Bear, ...f6 dropped piece, lost

#17 Caro-Cann

#18 Polar Bear, ...c6

#19 Leningrad d4-c4-Nc3

#20 Caro-Kann

#21 Polar Bear, Bf5 trap
#22 Leningrad

#23 Polar Bear, Fromm's gambit
2nd game, random Sicilian

#24 Leningrad, Bf4

#25 Leningrad, c3

#26 Polar Bear, ...c5-Nc6 + ...g6-Bg7 fianchetto

#27 Caro-Kann

#28 closed sicilian

#29 Polar Bear, 2...d6-Bg4
#30 random as black
#31 Polar Bear, 1...Nc6

#32 Alekhine Defense
#33 bird

#34 Leningrad
#35 Polar Bear, From's Gambit

#36 Leningrad, Staunton Gambit

#37 Polar Bear, ...d6-Qc7

#38 Leningrad
#39 Polar Bear, From's Gambit
#40 Polar Bear, 1...c5
#41 Caro-Kann

#42 Polar Bear

#43 Leningrad, 1.b3
#44 Polar Bear, 1...e6-Qb6
#45 Leningrad, 1.b3

#46 Scandinavian
#47 Polar Bear to Sicilian
#48 Caro-Kann advanced

#49 Scandinavian
#50 Bird, Swiss gambit 1.f4 f5 2.e4

#51 Polar Bear, reti
#52 Sicilian

#53 Polar Bear, mainline, 8...Bg4
#54 Leningrad, ...Nh3
#55 Polar Bear, 3...e6-Be7, with Nc3
#56 1...a6

#57 Polar Bear, mainline, 8...Rb8
#58 Scandinavian
#59 Polar Bear, ...e6-Ne7-d6

#60 Leningrad
#61 Leningrad 4.Bg5
#62 resumed game

#63 Polar Bear, sicilian
#64 Leningrad
#65 Bird, 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3

#66 Scandinavian
#67 polar bear to from's gambit

#68 Polar Bear
#69 Scandinavian ...Qd6

#70 Leningrad, Bf5
#71 Polar Bear, ...Nh6
#72 Caro-Kann

#73 Polar Bear against Tchigorin, knight sac with rook battery
#74 Scandinavian, 3.d4 Nc6

#75 Polar Bear, ...Bf4



#83 Caro-Kann
#84 Polar Bear, King's Gambit
#85 Caro-Kann

#86 Polar Bear, 2...Nc6 3.e3

#87 Dutch stonewall
#88 Polar Bear 2...b5

#89 Caro-Kann
#90 "strange system"

#91 Polar Bear
#92 Leningrad
#93 Polar Bear

#94 Leningrad
#95 Polar Bear 1...c5
#96 random 'leningrad', white double finchetto
#97 Polar Bear ...c5
#98 random stonewall
#99 Polar Bear 1...c5

#100 Polar Bear, main ...e6

#101 Caro-Kann

#102 Polar Bear, ...d6

#103 Polar Bear, 3...Bg4

#104 Polar Bear, e6 stonewall

#105 Polar Bear, mainline

#106 Dutch stonewall

#107 Caro-Kann advance 4.Be3

#108 Polar Bear against 4...h5

#109 Polar Bear, 3...c6 stonewall

#110 Polar Bear, 1...e5 From

Originally posted by wormwood
GM danielsen also has a bunch of scandinavian blitz games on his website, commented in realtime by himself. just click on the 'live blitz games' link.

http://www.videochess.net/


here are also some really old notes by me, so you can at least find out which of the games are scandinavians. don't mind my notes too much, they weren't supposed to be accur ...[text shortened]... nst 4...h5

#109 Polar Bear, 3...c6 stonewall

#110 Polar Bear, 1...e5 From

Originally posted by utherpendragon
you have all them memorized?
how many moves deep in each opening ?

A friend of mine (2100 USCF) has had tremendous success with 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6. I am normally a sicilian player, but I recently bought the book Starting out: The Scandinavian which seems like an excellent book and have been learning the 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 line. I prefer that over Qa5 because it's a bit less known but still sound and gives black a dynamic game. I plan to use it against players who play "annoying lines" against the sicilian (i.e., Grand Prix Attack or closed sicilian)

The everyman book on the Scando by John Emms is great too.

I agree, the best line is 2...Nf6 - it's amazing how many people play 3.c4 and you can then give White a headache right away.

I really dislike those variations of the Scandalous Defense where Black manages to play O-O-O and e5

Originally posted by Borgov
The everyman book on the Scando by John Emms is great too.

I agree, the best line is 2...Nf6 - it's amazing how many people play 3.c4 and you can then give White a headache right away.